Puzzle.



No. 689,783. Patented Dec, 24, |9ol. v M. F. BUUGHNER. 'Y

Puz'zLE.

(Application led Jan. 1901.) (No Model.)

IIIII .amm-1Km @UNMSM lo tions `and combinationsiof parts, as willbe Utili-rizo STATE PATENT .FFISEf j MARY .FRANCIS BOUGHNER, or sunnita, 'MtSSHOUlRI;

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5- State oi Missouri, havemade certain newand useful ImprovementsinPuzzles, ofwhich the i hereinafter.describedand oflaiined.-v

In the drawings','Fgure1 isa-top plan Viewv of .the puzzle complete Vready-tobe worked...l Fig.` 2 is a plan view of the .puzzlefbo'ard withl thev pins removed. l Fig.'isacrossfsectional view on about line 3 3 of- Figflg and Fig; is a detail perspective view of one ofthe pins.

As illustrated in the drawings,A the puzzle includes. aboard consisting of a box-1ike casing A a'nd -a' cardboard false bottom B, vfitted in the casing audprovided with holes. ar'-- ranged in the form of a cross and consisting of thirty-three holes .or sockets C. *Theholesv are arranged in' two sets'of` tllree'r'ws each at right angles toieach other'andproducing a centralsquare of nine sockets and six sockets outside ofeach side of the said central square. Each o'f the holes or sockets is indicated b'ya suitable character (illustrated asa numeral) placed adjaceutto thehole'or.

socket and facilitating the explanation of the puzzle or the'writing of the. key thereto by the aid of said indicating characters, as will be readily' understood.` These indicating characters, in connection with the holesor vvservetocomplete a puzzle in which the pins I kwill be preserved in the desired position uutil intentionally displaced and l inwhich the pins to be displaced may be readily indicated, `iis-desired. Y 1 The pnsD arev provided at their lower l Y. ends with .tenons D', fitting the sockets() and which may rest against the bottom of the box or casing, and immediately above such ten ons'square shoulders D2 are provided to rest dat uponthe Vfalse bottom D, and above the square shoulders lD2 the pins taper gradually toward their upper ends. A tion I form-broad bases torest 4upon vthe false e bottom and diminish the. upper ends ot the V- pins,'so any p in may be operated readily'with lsockets in which the tenons ofthe pins-fit,Y

= -Manifestly' the puzzle or played withinthe box, asx shown in Figs. V1 `'an'd'3-, in which instance the box or 'casing vwill operate to .retainthe pins 'after they have By this. construc- 'been jumped aud removed Vfrom their sockets.

out displacing-any adjacent pin.:y *It willvbe noticed that the several sockets are'indicatedA bynu'mbers E, and it will be. understoodfother indicating characters may' be employed innolticed that the sockets include a central one, lfland others outsdesuch ceut'er; alst; that :I' "providehthirty-two pins and 'thirty three sockets. K'Thefidea' is in setting the puzzle to? placefa pin in each otjthe sock-ets except thecentral one; then by jumping from any of the l four sides into the centralhol'e removing the pegv which is -j umped 'and continuing to jump" 65- one peg at a time until only' a single pegvis left on the board,"ajd' that being left in the center of the -board,.diagonal jumps lnot-being permitted. The false bottom B is'shown as of 'cardboard of. athickne'ss corresponding to the long-ith vof `the tenons' D' of thepins D, and this construction Vis Preferred because 'ot its lsimplicity, chjeapness, 'andthe' fact that the cardboard? will operate l'better if Ythe's'ockets are made slightly smaller than thetenons to gripthe pins and hold `them .in place until rtheyare positively withdrawn by the opera-' tor, I also' prefer .to make the casing of suchv height that the cover F may' projecty above the falsel lbottom a distance about 'equal'. to. -the` height Votv the pins when Vplaced infthvesockets,"so"th e pins may be held upright .in

their-.sockets by the cover F, then the complete puzzle can beV veasilypacked for shipment-'or' storage or carried in the box,v as may be desired. It may also 'be desirable to make the .stead of nu mbes, ifdesired. -'It will-also be false bottom removable from the casing andr -iitted snugly therein,'so it will hold iu place;

and it'inay when so constructed be used to retain aV slip containing a key tothe puzzle and held normally "between'the false bottom and the Atrue bottom of the casing,"or, if de f.

`sired, a ke'yto the puzzle may befpri'uted di-v rectly upon the true bottom ofthecasingand be hidden bythe socketed false bottom Vwhen the'lat'ter isiu'placeg; -j

game may be I {avingthus fully described my-invention,

-Letters Patent? tis-f The puzzle substantially asheren described consistngot a casing having upright sides sockets extending through it and arranged in the form of a cross with a central socket and sockets ranging outside thereof, and a series of upright pins numbering one less than the number of sockets in the false bottom and each of said pins being formed with a tenon to it the sockets of the lfalse bottom, a broad base to rest upon said bottom and a body which gradually decreases in diameter from" the said broad base toward thempper endet the pin, and the cover'tted to the 15 iiently packed for storage for shipment, and zo can be played within the box, or can be played within the -false bottom. removed from the said box, as andfor the purpose set forth.

' v MARY FRANCIS BOUGHNER. l

l Witnesses:

A. E. BOUGHNER,

Gmo. W.I Naam. 

